Genome-wide association studies for growth traits in broilers.

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Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.

Published: January 2022

Background: The identification of markers and genes for growth traits may not only benefit for marker assist selection /genomic selection but also provide important information for understanding the genetic foundation of growth traits in broilers.

Results: In the current study, we estimated the genetic parameters of eight growth traits in broilers and carried out the genome-wide association studies for these growth traits. A total of 113 QTNs discovered by multiple methods together, and some genes, including ACTA1, IGF2BP1, TAPT1, LDB2, PRKCA, TGFBR2, GLI3, SLC16A7, INHBA, BAMBI, APCDD1, GPR39, and GATA4, were identified as important candidate genes for rapid growth in broilers.

Conclusions: The results of this study will provide important information for understanding the genetic foundation of growth traits in broilers.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8725492PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-021-01017-7DOI Listing

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